Reflections and observations on the expatriate experience from an American scientist living and working in the Netherlands.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Small adventures in travel

I found a ghostly sitzmark on my back window yesterday morning. ‘never a good sign when a bird so clearly misjudges the flyway – I only hope it’s one of the many pigeons that are waking up earlier and earlier with each dawn.

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On my way through Schiphol this morning, I stopped to pick up a bottle of single-malt scotch from the duty-free shop. As I turned around with the bottle, I found myself face to face with a stern, uniformed customs agent.